St Mary on Paddington Green Church
St Mary on Paddington Green | |
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Archdeaconry of Charing Cross | |
Deanery | Westminster Paddington |
Parish | Little Venice |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | The Rt Revd Sarah Mullally (Bishop of London) |
Vicar(s) | Fr Gary Bradley |
Assistant priest(s) | Fr Andrew Norwood |
Laity | |
Director of music | Jonathan Cunliffe |
Churchwarden(s) | Miles Williams and Reina Tan |
St Mary on Paddington Green is an
History
The present building is the third church on the site, once forming a centrepiece of the ancient villages of Paddington and Lilestone. John Donne preached his first sermon in the original church and William Hogarth was married in the second.[2]
The church was altered in the 19th century but was restored to its mid-Georgian appearance by architect
St Mary’s Churchyard
The adjoining churchyard was converted to a public park in the 1890s and is now known as St Mary's Gardens. It consists of grass with scattered trees. The grave of well-known 18th-century actress Sarah Siddons is located towards the northern end. Some headstones from the former churchyard are stacked against the west wall of the Gardens.[7]
The southern part of the churchyard was destroyed to make way for the approaches to Marylebone Flyover in the 1960s, with exhumed burials being reinterred in an area of Mill Hill cemetery and marked with a plaque.[7]
Notable burials
Remaining churchyard
- Rev Dawson Burns (1828–1909), temperance leader
- William Chandless (1829–1896), Amazon explorer
- Rev Alexander Geddes (1737–1802), Biblical scholar
- Arthur Roberts (1852–1933), comedian
- Basil Owen Woodd (1760–1831), hymn writer (erected by the Crosse baronets)
- Leonard Charles Wyon (1826–1891), engraver and coin-designer
- Sir Stephen Spender (1909–1995), poet
- John Julius Norwich (1929–2018), historian, writer, and television personality
St Mary's Gardens
- Thomas Banks (1735–1805), sculptor
- Thomas Blore (1754–1818), historian
- William Collins RA (1788–1847), artist
- Matthew Dubourg (1703–1767), violinist
- Benjamin Haydon, (1786–1846) painter
- Joseph Francis Nollekens, artist
- Emma Paterson (1846–1886), feminist and unionist
- Thomas Richmond (1771–1837), miniaturist
- Sarah Siddons (1755–1831), actress
- Charles Stedman (1753–1812), army officer
References
- ^ A Church Near You. "St Mary-on-Paddington Green, Paddington Green – London | Diocese of London". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ a b Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert, The London Encyclopaedia, Papermac, 1987, p. 743
- ^ "The Parish of Little Venice". The Parish of Little Venice. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Open House | Site Details – The Round House". Londonopenhouse.org. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ "Historic Properties Online: John Plaw". Gov.pe.ca. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ^ Lucy Archer, "Raymond Erith, Architect", 1985, p.205, ISBN 0907435041
- ^ a b "Westminster City Council – Paddington Green and St Mary's Churchyard". Westminster.gov.uk. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
External links
- Biographical information about John Plaw from Historic Places, Prince Edward Island, Canada
- Guide and map from City of Westminster
- Parish of Little Venice website